queryparent

JavaScript's missing queryParent function.

Takes two arguments:

1. A selector.
2. A parentNode of that selector.

Given element .bar with parent element .foo, you would do:

queryParent('.bar', '.foo');
// => Returns `.foo`.

Check out a demo of it here:

https://jsfiddle.net/ryanpcmcquen/zkw0gdj7/

Why is it better than .contains()?

.contains() will not work easily in cases where there are multiple similar parent selectors. For an example of what that means see the above fiddle.

It is available via npm for new-school kids (es6):

https://www.npmjs.com/package/queryparent

Or RawGit for old-school kids (es5):

https://cdn.rawgit.com/ryanpcmcquen/queryparent/be73bf37ed9d7138702157bf6f86fe3f04068f33/index-es5.js